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Technical efficiency of smallholder sunflower farmers in Singida, Tanzania : the application of the zero-observations approach
Tibamanya, Felister Y.; Milanzi, Mursali A. - In: International journal of economics and business … 27 (2024) 1, pp. 1-22
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Crop-Specific Productivity and Efficiency of Bangladesh Rice Crops and Development Policy
Rahman, K. M. M.; Mia, M. I.; Ko, Jong-Hwan; Bhuiya, M. … - In: Journal of Rural Development/Nongchon-Gyeongje 35 (2012) 2
The rice production of Bangladesh has been investigated using a Cobb-Douglas stochastic frontier production function which incorporated a model for the technical inefficiency effects. The farm level primary data which is used for this study has been collected by stratified random sampling...
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Technical Efficiency of Fruit and Vegetable Producers in Tamil Nadu, India: A Stochastic Frontier Approach
Rajendran, Srinivasulu - In: Asian Journal of Agriculture and Development 11 (2014) 1
In India, fruits and vegetables (F&V) significantly contribute to food and nutritional security; they also enhance the livelihoods of smallholders. In recent years, demand has been increasing for these important crops, yet their productivity has been decelerating. Technical innovations can...
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Technical Efficiency of Resource-Conserving Technologies in Rice -Wheat Systems: The Case of Bihar and Eastern Uttar Pradesh in India
Dung, Khong Tien; Sumalde, Zenaida M.; Pede, Valerien O.; … - In: Agricultural Economics Research Review 24 (2011) 2
This study has evaluated the technical efficiency of farmers engaged in rice-wheat cropping systems in North-eastern India, who are using Resource-Conserving Technologies (RCTs) such as Zero Tillage (ZT) and Direct Seeded Rice (DSR). These technology promotions are being carried out under the...
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Płatności ONW a regionalne zróżnicowanie dochodu z rodzinnego gospodarstwa rolnego w Polsce
Sadłowski, Adrian - In: Problems of World Agriculture / Problemy Rolnictwa … 12 (2012) 27
The relationship between the Farm Net Income and the location of agricultural activity as well as the importance of LFA payments in equalizing the profitability of farms located in different FADN regions were examined. It was found that during the survey period there was a statistically...
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Policy impact on technical efficiency of Spanish olive farms located in Less Favored Area
Lambarraa, Fatima; Kallas, Zein - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2009
Most of Spanish olive farms are concentrated in Less-Favoured Areas (LFA) with the majority of producer areas are under … specific support measures aiming to prevent the abandonment of olive groves as well as to support sustainable development of … this sector. The main objective of this study is to evaluate the impact of LFA payment on the olive farms technical …
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Gendered Impact of Irrigated Rice Schemes’ Governance on Farmers’ Income, Productivity and Technical Efficiency in Benin
Kinkingninhoun-Medagbe, Florent M.; Diagne, Aliou; … - African Association of Agricultural Economists - AAAE - 2008
Collective actions groups have many advantages and are sometimes essential, yet they can reinforce or perpetuate inter-and intra-gender inequalities when their functioning is left entirely subject to internal community dynamics and they are not well managed. This is well illustrated by the case...
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Technical Efficiency in the Chilean Agribusiness Sector – a Stochastic Meta-Frontier Approach
Lakner, S.; Muñoz, T. Brenes; Aedo, Edinson Rivera; … - International Agricultural Trade Research Consortium - IATRC - 2013
The Chilean economy is strongly export-oriented, which is also true for the Chilean agribusiness industry. This paper investigates the technical efficiency of the Chilean food processing industry between 2001 and 2007. We use a dataset from the 2,471 of firms in food processing industry. The...
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Farmer participation in supermarket channels and technical efficiency : the case of vegetable production in Kenya
Rao, Elizaphan James Oburu; Qaim, Matin - 2009
Supermarkets and high-value exports are currently gaining ground in the agri-food systems of many developing countries. While recent research has analyzed income effects in the small farm sector, impacts on farming efficiency have hardly been studied. Using a survey of Kenyan vegetable growers...
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Public governance and productive efficiency in Sub-Saharan Africa
Garzarelli, Giampaolo; Limam, Yasmina Rim; Rossi, Stefania - In: Journal of public finance and public choice : JPFPC 32 (2014) 1/3, pp. 99-112
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